Eric Coates' Knightsbridge March performed at the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci by the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg under the direction of Scott Lawton.
Eric Coates, composer of: Music while your work, the early sixties, Movie the Dambusters, TV-serie: The Forsythe-Saga, Men, composer from The London Suite! Very great composer, real Brittish. Thanks to him, !
Staunchly British as you would expect from the man who composed The Dambusters March. British light classics are often overlooked but are just as good as the more famous fare from better known composers.
I first heard this as a kid when it wa intro for "In Town Tonight", a BBC programme always begun with the words "STOP -once again we stop the mighty roar of London traffic..." So you always had a picture of busy traffic (us provincials always imagine Picadilly Circus which featured in films), and a copper stopping the traffic. I don't know whether Coates imagined such use, but it affects what I expect to hear now.
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates.
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates. Thanks for the movie-music: The Dambusters, and the great tv-motial family.
Yes! His "Dambusters March"--especially the variation in the film where the flyers are about to embark on their suicide mission. The most moving theme I've ever heard!
Oh yes, when I'm sprightly stepping down Piccadilly or strolling along Birdcage Walk, laughing and flirting with a dear friend, perhaps the "Sherlock Holmes of the Heart", this jaunty march has me twirling my parasol. Who would not want to kiss and get undressed with each passer-by, with the summer's warmth and Coates' melody in ones feelings! August, Hyde Park, wearing beautiful linen and cotton and silk dresses, intimate company, scandalous conversation, love and the Proms Season ....
I remember so vividly before WW2 how this was played as the theme music for the BBC program "In Town Tonight". The announcer interviewed celebrates mostly arriving in London from the United States often passengers of the Queen Mary. My mum would have the wireless on while I played with some pots and saucepans on the floor. My dad as always would be in the pub playing darts. After the music was played a voice would shout "Stop!, once again we stop the roar of London's traffic to bring you some interesting people who are in town tonight.....
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates. Thanks for the movie-music: The Dambusters, and the great tv-motial family from the sixties years: The Forsythe Saga. Thanks mister Coates!
The comment from Douglas Slaton is very encouraging, as it goes to prove that the composers for Disney, Hollywood and newsreel need go no further than the great Eric Coates for a model.
maestro,con su calidad logro imponer varios titulos importantes para la musica ligera recordemos que hasta el grupo de color THE PLATTERS grabo un clasico de este compositor LAGUNA SOMNOLIENTA ,SLEEPY LAGOON.,mis respeto para un grande de la musica .
I can't seem to find any of the other two movements on here which is a bit of a pain, I'm playing them with a local orchestra as part of a our of the British islands and I like to practise along to the videos (I find it hard to pitch without the reat of the parts there 2nd Vilin :-( )
Nice version, but it misses the drive it really needs. This one is too neat. Coates was probably the greatest composer of so-called 'light' music. He's becoming popular again, because people recognize the pure quality of his writing.
@lcs1956 OMFG I thought I was the only one - no offense to the German musicians - a wonderful performance but I thought they were too heavy on such a delicate tune.
Quite an enjoyable performance but a fraction too slow and the playing is a little ragged in places, notably the brass. For the ideal rednition, listen to Coates' own recording on Columbia.
That would be because this version is well practiced and, obviously, less frantic, as the song were meant to be. It's a march, it shouldn't be at a ridiculous tempo. As for the Too German comment, I'll just leave that one alone, your ignorance is obvious enough as is. Wiki your knowledge a bit more, it's really impressive.
That`s ,I must say from your point of view.I recently heard Coates version and althoug very interesting,toooo fast !!almost against the clock...This is an ideal tempo for me,it's a march.Too german? Beethoven,Bach,Brahms,Bruckner were germans too....
Quite an enjoyable performance but a fraction too slow and rather ragged in places. For the perfect rendition, listen to Coates' own Columbia recording.
It is sad to see the dates of these comments. We have allowed all the great melodies of yesteryear to drift into oblivion and replaced them with primitive sounds - junk
Sorry. This is a stilted and oddly accented performance. Also, countermelodies are emphasized at the expense of main themes. The conductor and orchestra do not have a feeling for this music at all. I love this march. Listen to the Adrian Boult recording and you'll see what I mean.
I like this piece of music, but it's spoilt by the way it's delivered. The orchestra sounds as if they've just finished a night shift. There's no 'sparkle' from them.............no enthusiasm. I've heard much better than this and the audience seem to echo the same response to it at the end.
Oh dear I loved this music "In town tonight" I listened to it with Mum all those years ago, Dad would shout "Stop"
I think I shall wait for my Pye valve radio to warm up and listen to this on the BBC Home Service. Happy St George's Day.
Eric Coates, composer of: Music while your work, the early sixties, Movie the Dambusters, TV-serie: The Forsythe-Saga, Men, composer from The London Suite! Very great composer, real Brittish. Thanks to him, !
Never mind - it was my late fathers favourite - and it gives me a lot of pleasure in seeing and hearing it ! good stuff !
One gets the impression that Mr. Coates must have been a very likeable person.
Staunchly British as you would expect from the man who composed The Dambusters March. British light classics are often overlooked but are just as good as the more famous fare from better known composers.
GORGEOUS MARCH!
My first live orchestral piece that I have ever heard in my life. If only there was a recording of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra of this piece..
I first heard this as a kid when it wa intro for "In Town Tonight", a BBC programme always begun with the words "STOP -once again we stop the mighty roar of London traffic..."
So you always had a picture of busy traffic (us provincials always imagine Picadilly Circus which featured in films), and a copper stopping the traffic. I don't know whether Coates imagined such use, but it affects what I expect to hear now.
quite right
He didn't anticipate it. Apparently it was chosen from a record library on the day of the first broadcast
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates.
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates. Thanks for the movie-music: The Dambusters, and the great tv-motial family.
this i think was played on wireless as intro to In Town Tonight sounds of London i love it as a child thanks
Coates also wrote "By The Sleepy Lagoon" and "The Dambusters March".
Magnificent sweeping orchestrations in the quintessentially British tradition.
Yes! His "Dambusters March"--especially the variation in the film where the flyers are about to embark on their suicide mission. The most moving theme I've ever heard!
Oh yes, when I'm sprightly stepping down Piccadilly or strolling along Birdcage Walk, laughing and flirting with a dear friend, perhaps the "Sherlock Holmes of the Heart", this jaunty march has me twirling my parasol.
Who would not want to kiss and get undressed with each passer-by, with the summer's warmth and Coates' melody in ones feelings!
August, Hyde Park, wearing beautiful linen and cotton and silk dresses, intimate company, scandalous conversation, love and the Proms Season ....
I remember so vividly before WW2 how this was played as the theme music for the BBC program "In Town Tonight". The announcer interviewed celebrates mostly arriving in London from the United States often passengers of the Queen Mary. My mum would have the wireless on while I played with some pots and saucepans on the floor. My dad as always would be in the pub playing darts.
After the music was played a voice would shout "Stop!, once again we stop the roar of London's traffic to bring you some interesting people who are in town tonight.....
Fantastic, thanks for posting this great Eric Coates tune!
Sounds like a combination of Disney, Hollywood and newsreel. Love it.
Loved this from grade school and it never wears. That's about 75 years of not wearing.
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !!
Es ist wundervoll. Diesen Marsch habe ich selber schon gespielt. Ein etwas anspruchsvoller marsch da viele Achtel und Triolen und Läufe drin sind.
Very well done--most enjoyable.
A TRUE MASTERPIECE AND PERFORMED AND PLAYED LIKE ONE!
STEVE MULWITZ
I AGREE
honner tho one of the most best composers of England. Great !! Full of sound and wellthinking accord, just full of English Thinking, from earlyer tho the future,. Thanks mister Coates. Thanks for the movie-music: The Dambusters, and the great tv-motial family from the sixties years: The Forsythe Saga. Thanks mister Coates!
The comment from Douglas Slaton is very encouraging, as it goes to prove that the composers for Disney, Hollywood and newsreel need go no further than the great Eric Coates for a model.
maestro,con su calidad logro imponer varios titulos importantes para la musica ligera
recordemos que hasta el grupo de color THE PLATTERS grabo un clasico de este
compositor LAGUNA SOMNOLIENTA ,SLEEPY LAGOON.,mis respeto para un grande
de la musica .
... That is heaven on earth, or at least a fine life in this wicked city.
Regards and ♥ andrea
Would never have heard of this if it weren't for "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
And so say all of us!!
This brings up images of the BBC Light Programme in the early fifties and valve radios for some reason.
In Town tonight intro. Meet some of the interesting people in town tonight
Reminds me of a particular stock broker with an especially dull life.
emw1994 But profitable, which is far from dull.
Captain Ahab The Sea Bear That's what brought me here! ☺
This march is very well performed but it just doesn't have quite the same quality that John Wilson's orchestra can give it.
Brilliant one! Almost like our german classic ;)
😄 Das ist heiß. I love German and English march music.
Sort of reminds you of London in 1952.
@lcs1956 very true!
Very, very British!!
I can't seem to find any of the other two movements on here which is a bit of a pain, I'm playing them with a local orchestra as part of a our of the British islands and I like to practise along to the videos (I find it hard to pitch without the reat of the parts there 2nd Vilin :-( )
@charade97 I said Germans, not Austrians. This performance would give Eric Coates gas.
Nice version, but it misses the drive it really needs. This one is too neat. Coates was probably the greatest composer of so-called 'light' music. He's becoming popular again, because people recognize the pure quality of his writing.
@lcs1956
OMFG I thought I was the only one - no offense to the German musicians - a wonderful performance but I thought they were too heavy on such a delicate tune.
Quite an enjoyable performance but a fraction too slow and the playing is a little ragged in places, notably the brass. For the ideal rednition, listen to Coates' own recording on Columbia.
That would be because this version is well practiced and, obviously, less frantic, as the song were meant to be. It's a march, it shouldn't be at a ridiculous tempo. As for the Too German comment, I'll just leave that one alone, your ignorance is obvious enough as is. Wiki your knowledge a bit more, it's really impressive.
Mr. Coates must have been a nice person.
I agree steve mulwitz
That`s ,I must say from your point of view.I recently heard Coates version and althoug very interesting,toooo fast !!almost against the clock...This is an ideal tempo for me,it's a march.Too german? Beethoven,Bach,Brahms,Bruckner were germans too....
Quite an enjoyable performance but a fraction too slow and rather ragged in places. For the perfect rendition, listen to Coates' own Columbia recording.
To my ear this has a German syncopation, almost an oompah quality. Besides, I don't believe the Germans understand the concept of a 'light' march.
The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker
The dull performance of a British classic.
It is sad to see the dates of these comments. We have allowed all the great melodies of yesteryear to drift into oblivion and replaced them with primitive sounds - junk
Sorry. This is a stilted and oddly accented performance. Also, countermelodies are emphasized at the expense of main themes. The conductor and orchestra do not have a feeling for this music at all. I love this march. Listen to the Adrian Boult recording and you'll see what I mean.
@lcs1956 What about von Suppe?
Ok, but not much Brio---more rehearsing please.
I like this piece of music, but it's spoilt by the way it's delivered. The orchestra sounds as if they've just finished a night shift. There's no 'sparkle' from them.............no enthusiasm.
I've heard much better than this and the audience seem to echo the same response to it at the end.